The group, led by senior Sports Ministry representative Yun Yong-bok, toured venues such as the Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium and the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre.

They also inspected the International Broadcasting Centre and the Yongpyong Alpine Center during the visit.

The previous day, the delegation had visited the Gangneung Hockey Centre, where athletes from the nation will compete alongside their South Korean counterparts in a joint women's team.

The Gangneung Ice Arena, due to host figure skating and short track speed skating, was also visited by the North Korean officials.

It came after 12 North Korean ice hockey players and two support staff crossed the border to meet the South Korean players at the Jincheon National Training Center yesterday.

South Korea coach Sarah Murray, who had previously criticised the pan-Korean team for Pyeongchang 2018, was among those to welcome the North Koreans at the centre, located 90 kilometres from Seoul.

A Korea Ice Hockey Association (KIHA) official has claimed the meeting began well and the players quickly became friends.

The official claimed Murray had "breathed a sigh of relief" following concerns over the impact the North Korean players would have on the South Korean squad.

The pan-Korean team will get their first run out in a warm-up match against Sweden on February 4, where players from the North are likely to feature, before they open their Pyeongchang 2018 campaign against Switzerland on February 10.

The South Korean and North Korean squads are due to hold separate training sessions before the first joint practice takes place next week.

The women's ice hockey squad will include 12 players and one official from North Korea alongside 23 South Korean players.

They will compete as Korea under the unification flag and the anthem "Arirang", a traditional Korean song often considered an unofficial national anthem which is estimated to be 2,000 years old.

Only 22 players will be able to participate in each game. 

At least three North Korean players will feature in each match but Murray will be in charge of the team.

The 12 players are comprised of nine forwards, two defenders and a goaltender.

In a bid to ease selection fears, two of these forwards - Jin Ok and Choe Jong-hui - have reportedly been converted to defenders.

While North Korea participating at Pyeongchang 2018 has been hailed as a way to ease political tension between the two countries, their appearance in South Korea has not been universally popular.

The Liberty Korea Party, the main opposition in South Korea, have been among the leading critics and have dubbed the Games as the "Pyongyang Olympics" after claiming the Government has put too much emphasis on North Korean athletes participating.